Chapter 6
In this chapter Alex meets a man named Ron Franz. Franz gives him a ride to his camp. Franz was a lonely man who felt a strong connection to Alex. Alex worked with Franz as a leatherworker. Franz supported Alex for some time but then one day Alex said he wanted to leave for San Diego. Franz insisted on driving Alex to his destination. From San Diego Alex moved on to Seattle, Washington, but then soon returned to California where he met up with Franz again. Alex then wanted to go to South Dakota because Wayne Westerberg had a job for Alex. Alex wrote Franz a letter encouraging him to become more nomadic and Franz took his advice. Chapter 7
In this chapter Alex is working for Wayne Westerberg. Wayne praises Alex for his willingness to do the dirty and tedious even though he lacks some common is not the best operator of machines. Through this job Alex meets and becomes very close to Wayne’s girlfriend Gail Borah. She was one of the few people that Alex would open up to. It seems that Alex feels comfortable around her, but she never finds out exactly what happened between Alex and his family. A couple days before Alex planned to leave Mary Westerberg, Wayne’s mother, invited him to dinner. This is rare for her because she usually doesn’t like Wayne’s employees. Mary only spent a few hours with Alex but she loved him and she said she was amazed how hurt she was by his death. Chapter 8
Chapter 8 begins with Krakauer talking about letters and emails he received in response to the article “Outside.” Most of these responses are ripping Chris apart. For the most part the emails are sent by Alaskans, and they say that Chris’s death was his fault and that he was stupid for putting himself in a dangerous situation. They say that the see people like Chris all the time saying that he is, “Hardly unique, just another idealistic energetic young guy who overestimated himself and underestimated the country, and ended up in trouble.” Kraukauer then goes on to talk about other people who are like Chris giving the reader real life people who can be compared to Chris.
Chapter 9 Chapter nine is entitled Davis Gulch and it is about the adventures of a man named Everett Ruess. Everett is very much like Chris because he too became a nomadic, independent, and freethinking man. When Everett was a child his family moved often. They moved seven times before Everett was even fourteen years old. Everett embarked on his first journey at sixteen. He hitchhiked his way from Los Angeles to Carmel, and spent an entire summer away before returning home just to get his high school diploma. Less than a mouth later he left for another journey. For the rest of his life Everett sent letters home, and these letters are so much like the letters Chris wrote to Wayne Westerberg.
In this chapter Alex meets a man named Ron Franz. Franz gives him a ride to his camp. Franz was a lonely man who felt a strong connection to Alex. Alex worked with Franz as a leatherworker. Franz supported Alex for some time but then one day Alex said he wanted to leave for San Diego. Franz insisted on driving Alex to his destination. From San Diego Alex moved on to Seattle, Washington, but then soon returned to California where he met up with Franz again. Alex then wanted to go to South Dakota because Wayne Westerberg had a job for Alex. Alex wrote Franz a letter encouraging him to become more nomadic and Franz took his advice.
Chapter 7
In this chapter Alex is working for Wayne Westerberg. Wayne praises Alex for his willingness to do the dirty and tedious even though he lacks some common is not the best operator of machines. Through this job Alex meets and becomes very close to Wayne’s girlfriend Gail Borah. She was one of the few people that Alex would open up to. It seems that Alex feels comfortable around her, but she never finds out exactly what happened between Alex and his family. A couple days before Alex planned to leave Mary Westerberg, Wayne’s mother, invited him to dinner. This is rare for her because she usually doesn’t like Wayne’s employees. Mary only spent a few hours with Alex but she loved him and she said she was amazed how hurt she was by his death.
Chapter 8
Chapter 8 begins with Krakauer talking about letters and emails he received in response to the article “Outside.” Most of these responses are ripping Chris apart. For the most part the emails are sent by Alaskans, and they say that Chris’s death was his fault and that he was stupid for putting himself in a dangerous situation. They say that the see people like Chris all the time saying that he is, “Hardly unique, just another idealistic energetic young guy who overestimated himself and underestimated the country, and ended up in trouble.” Kraukauer then goes on to talk about other people who are like Chris giving the reader real life people who can be compared to Chris.
Chapter 9
Chapter nine is entitled Davis Gulch and it is about the adventures of a man named Everett Ruess. Everett is very much like Chris because he too became a nomadic, independent, and freethinking man. When Everett was a child his family moved often. They moved seven times before Everett was even fourteen years old. Everett embarked on his first journey at sixteen. He hitchhiked his way from Los Angeles to Carmel, and spent an entire summer away before returning home just to get his high school diploma. Less than a mouth later he left for another journey. For the rest of his life Everett sent letters home, and these letters are so much like the letters Chris wrote to Wayne Westerberg.